PART II: THE SOCIAL ROOTS OF THE CHIEF WESTERN RELIGIONS

4. Judaism: Its Origin and Development in Europe and Israel
Marxism and the History of Western Religions
The Nomadic Ancestors of the Israelites
The Reforming Prophets’ Response to Palestine’s Foreign Domination
The Effects of the Babylonian Exile
The Effects of the Scattering of the Jews
Judaism in the Middle Ages
Jews in the Modern World
Judaism in Israel

5. Catholicism: Its Origin and Development in Europe
Early Christianity: a Movement of the Ancient Proletariat
Christianity’s Inception among the Jews
The Effects of the Spread of Christianity to the Gentiles
The Catholic Church and Feudalism
The Renaissance Papacy
The Counter-Reformation
The Effects of the French Revolution
The European Counter-Revolution and the Church
Social Catholicism
The Catholic Church’s Collaboration with Fascism
The Catholic Church Today

6. Protestantism: Its Origin and Development in Europe
The Lutheran Revolt Against Catholicism
Calvinism and Revolution
The English Revolution and. the Radical Dissenting Sects
Quakerism: From Radicalism to Respectability
Methodism: From Working Class to Middle Class
English Protestantism and the Alienation of the Working Class
Christian Socialism
Modern English Protestantism
Continental Protestantism Since the Industrial Revolution

7. Religion in the United States
The Puritans and the Conquest of the Indians
The American Revolution: a Setback to Religion
The Religious Reaction
The Civil War and Religion
Black Religion
The Protestant Churches and Labour
American Catholicism
American Judaism
The Religious Situation Today: The Three-Religion System
‘Jesus Freaks’, Mormons, and Evangelicals

PART III: THE SOCIAL ROOTS OF THE CHIEF RELIGIONS OF ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

8. Hinduism and Buddhism
The Two Chief Asiatic Religions
The Rise of Kingdoms and the Origin of Buddhism
The Development of Hinduism
The Decline of Buddhism in India
Islam in India and Its Effects on Hinduism
The Spread of Buddhism Through Asia
Asian Religions and the Blocked Development of Capitalism

PART IV: RELIGION AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SOCIALISM

10. Marxist Parties and Religion
Lenin on Marxist Parties and Religion
The Russian Communist Party and Religion
The Chinese Communist Party and Religion
The Castroites and Religion
The Sandinistas and Religion
Religion and the Struggle for Socialism